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Monday, October 21, 2013

Theodore Hauer was thirty years old when he married his first wife, Catharina Thorn. Born 1 March 1809 in Bous, Remich, Luxembourg, Catharina was the daughter of Paul Thorn and Susanna Hartmann.

Catharina and Theodore were married in Bous on 23 December 1829.

Ten months later, on 24 October 1830, Catharina gave birth to their son Nicolas.

On 2 December 1831, when Nicolas was barely a year old, Catharina died.

A year later, Theodore married Anne Marie Beissel. It appears that Nicolas was raised in this family, as he appears with them in the 1843 and 1846 censuses. He is also named in the 1851 census, but it indicates he was in military service in Diekirch.

I searched the records of Diekirch, hoping to find a marriage record for Nicolas, but instead I found his death recorded on 10 November 1852.

2 comments:

Aw, look who's talking. I'm still waiting for The Roots of the Rotts, Part Deux.

As for me, my current project is a photo album. Started on that a couple weeks ago, and have about 60 pages done. Now I have to depend on some cousins to supply me with pictures that are missing from the flow. Can't wait to see how that goes. I hope I don't have to leave out a whole branch of the family!

Our Family in Books: A Bibliography

My Ancestors in Books (a library of resources and notes pertaining to Reverend Samuel Stone, Major General Robert Sedgwick, Elder John Crandall, and other early Americans in the forest where my family tree was grown)

History of St. James Lutheran Church [full title: A little of this and a little of that in the 141 year (1861-2002) History of St. James Lutheran Church, Reynolds Indiana] by Harold B. Dodge, published at Reynolds, Indiana, 2002; 170 pages.

Lisbon, North Dakota 1880-2005 Quasuicentennial, published at Lisbon, North Dakota in 2005; 391 pages.